Green State of Mind

Preferred Freezer Services is proud to announce the achievement of LEED® Gold certification for their newest fully-automated Chicago facility. LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council® (USGBC®). LEED provides third party verification that a building was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across metrics such as: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

As a developer and operator of state-of-the-art, full-service refrigerated warehouses, Preferred Freezer Services has a vested interest in helping to create a cleaner, more energy efficient environment now and in the future. Our company is investing in sustainable buildings and practices, to save energy and encourage environmentally friendly design and construction techniques in our facilities.

USGBC® recognizes Preferred Freezer Services gold status for meeting or exceeding a comprehensive list of design and construction criteria using environmentally responsible development. Those earth-friendly attributes of the Chicago II facility, located at 4500 West Ann Lurie Place, include: